Noguchi Project Editions
Later Essays
By Yone Noguchi
Yone Noguchi's later essays collected together for the first time.
Yone Noguchi's delightful, groundbreaking essays of the 1920s and 1930s, previously available only in hard-to-obtain periodicals, are collected here for the first time in this Noguchi Project Edition. The 22 essays range across Japanese poetry, No drama, art, autobiography, travel, and international relations. The essays are edited and introduced by Edward Marx.
List Price: $12.50
5.25" x 8" (13.335 x 20.32 cm)
164 pages
ISBN: 978-0615765433
Publisher: Botchan Books
Publication date: February 4, 2013
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Contents
- Introduction
- Psychology of Modern Japan
- Insect Musicians and Others
- My Ideal Home
- With Fuji Mountain It Begins and Ends
- The Candle-Light
- The Sense of Existence
- Japanese Art
- Japanese Poetry
- The Mask Play of Japan
- Kinchinjanga
- Indian Impressions
- Gazing up to the Southern Hill
- The Wooden Clogs
- The Region beyond the Torii
- The One-Hundredth
- The Sense of Amazement
- Calligraphy and Painting
- Debussy in Japan
- Floral Beauty
- The Bamboo Thicket
- All the Arts Are One
- The Future of Democracy
About the author
Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) was a key figure in international modernism, promoting international discovery of Japanese culture, the development of Asian-American and Anglo-Japanese literature, and the internationalization of Japan. He was the father of artist Isamu Noguchi and the partner of Leonie Gilmour. Editor Edward Marx is the author of numerous books and articles on the Noguchis. For information on Noguchi Project Editions and Botchan Books, see www.botchanmedia.com.